During stops in road trips, especially attractions (be it natural formations, tourist traps, historical landmarks, etc), take a picture of a sign that tells you where you are first, and then take pictures of whatever the subject is. This also applies to sub-subjects.
For example, if you would go to Yellowstone National Park (to name an example in the United States). I would first take a picture of the welcoming sign to the park, and then start taking pictures of the subject. Then, I would take a picture of signs of sub-subjects, such as for Old Faithful, or the Grand Prismatic Spring. Then take the respective pictures of the sub-subject. This system will minimize ambiguities of what the subject actually is when you compile the shots into a presentation, collage, etc.
Also, the transition pictures, such as what das_ben was getting at, are equally as strong as the destination (the subjects as I was talking about above) or destinations themselves. The story about getting there and/or leaving is just as important as the destination itself.
I know that you don't want things to look cheesy, but you really do have to include some seemingly cheesy things into the project, to lighten the mood. Road trips would be extremely dull if these events never happened. Thus, a presentation without these would also be dull. Candid shots of your group doing goofy and silly things can fall in this category. But over-using these shots in the project may derail your message, and tell your audience that the road trip was not taken serious enough.
That's just my two cents about my own personal observations and philosophy during road trips, vacations, etc. This is also disregarding whether the pictures were either snapshots or composed.
For example, if you would go to Yellowstone National Park (to name an example in the United States). I would first take a picture of the welcoming sign to the park, and then start taking pictures of the subject. Then, I would take a picture of signs of sub-subjects, such as for Old Faithful, or the Grand Prismatic Spring. Then take the respective pictures of the sub-subject. This system will minimize ambiguities of what the subject actually is when you compile the shots into a presentation, collage, etc.
Also, the transition pictures, such as what das_ben was getting at, are equally as strong as the destination (the subjects as I was talking about above) or destinations themselves. The story about getting there and/or leaving is just as important as the destination itself.
I know that you don't want things to look cheesy, but you really do have to include some seemingly cheesy things into the project, to lighten the mood. Road trips would be extremely dull if these events never happened. Thus, a presentation without these would also be dull. Candid shots of your group doing goofy and silly things can fall in this category. But over-using these shots in the project may derail your message, and tell your audience that the road trip was not taken serious enough.
That's just my two cents about my own personal observations and philosophy during road trips, vacations, etc. This is also disregarding whether the pictures were either snapshots or composed.
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